in high plains

do not effusivate me.

i sun-bleached bone
on hardpan salts or
sage scrub windblown
in high plains more

rat-a-rat-a-rattlesnake me
with venom bite deep, for
that is how i know
the depth of love

wash me in moonlight
while smudging out thorn
sweat trails ribs after
black roads ride

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